1 Human development is the scientific study of processes of change and stability.  The scientific study of human development began with studies of childhood during the nineteenth century.
verb (used with object), cultivated, cultivating. 1. to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till. 2. to use a cultivator on. 3. to promote or improve the growth of (a plant, crop, etc.) by labor and attention.
V n â¦ cultivation n-uncount usu N of n ...the cultivation of a positive approach to life and health. 3 verb If you cultivate someone or cultivate a friendship with them, you try hard to develop a friendship with them. Howe carefully cultivated Daniel C. Roper, the Assistant Postmaster General... V n. Estonia has done much to cultivate the friendship of western European countries.